Movie Makers (Jun-Dec 1928)

NEWS of the INDUSTRY DECEMBER 1928 • Talkies for 16 mm. THE amateur follows closely in the footsteps of his professional brethren it is again evidenced by the advent this month of 16 mm. talking movies for the home, presented by the De Vry Corporation, Chicago, Illinois. The outfit includes a De Vry Type G 16 mm. projector with a phonograph turn-table, mounted upon the same base, the two connected by a shaft which makes them synchronous in operation. The sound is carried from the phonograph record, by means of an electric pickup device, directly to a radio or independent loud speaker. The voice and sound accompaniment are equal to that of a fine radio. The films supplied are produced in the same way as in the professional studios. The machine will operate any of the electrically produced phonograph records such as Victor, Columbia and Brunswick. It may be used individually as a motion picture projector, as a phonograph with electric reproduction through your radio or as a synchronized talking motion picture machine.. Regular releases of singing and talking films will be issued each month. These will include dramas, recitations and songs by well known actors, singers and orchestras. The unit is moderately priced and is compact, easily operated and thoroughly dependable. Service and Repair nPHE Cinematic Accessories Com■*■ pany of New York, N. Y., has made arrangements with Gerald J. Badgley, expert mechanic and well known designer of professional and amateur moving picture equipment, to handle, exclusively for them, special lens fitting jobs, custom built apparatus and camera repair work of all kinds. This Service Department is for the convenience of the amateur movie maker. Technical advice will gladly be given without charge. For Amateurs and Dealers New Still Camera New Victor Projector ' | 'HE Victor Animatograph Com•* pany of Davenport, Iowa, announce the appearance of a new 16 mm. Model 3 Victor cine projector. Among its up-to-date features are found a hand or motor rewind, accurate framing in the aperture and attachment to lamp socket on all lighting currents. It is small, compact and light in weight. A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF TROPICAL OVEREXPOSURE The Cameraman is W. E. Kidder of Kalamazoo, Michigan. New Catalog TTHE Bell & Howell Company of ■*■ Chicago, Illinois, request that amateurs write for a copy of a new, comprehensive accessory catalog. It is bound in an attractive cover and contains descriptions and illustrations of all Bell & Howell accessories on the market. AN IDEA FOR EVERY DEALER The Leavitt Cine Picture Co. Is Now Better Serving Its Customers and Greatly Increasing Its Business by the Rearrangement of Its Los Angeles Store. Left, the First Arrangement, with Only One Screen and Projector. Right, the New Plan, with Three Projection Booths. Center, A Closeup of One of the Ideal Demonstration and Service Rooms. A NEW forty shot rapid fire pocket ■**■ size still camera, the Kamra, developed by the Q. R. S. Company of Chicago, Illinois, is available to amateurs this month. This camera can be swung into action in an instant and can make forty still pictures in twenty seconds. Tests show a remarkable sharpness and definition of line both in 35 mm. prints and in enlargements up to eight by ten inches. The Kamra uses special Q. R. S. 35 mm. film, forty pictures to a roll, available at small cost. Focusing is unnecessary. The Kamra comes equipped with the Q. R. S. Red Seal superstigmat lens and can be used with equal efficiency and speed from almost any position. The size of the camera is seven and one-quarter by three and one-eighth by two and threeeighths inches, and will fit in a pocket ma handbag. Pictures with the Kamra are made without adjustment of film or lens. Simply turn the crank and a dual mechanism cocks the shutter and turns the film on to the next blank frame, catching action as fast as the eye can catch it. The Kamra is excellent for making motion picture title backgrounds. Shoot a still of each scene wanted for a title background. Then enlarge from the 35 mm. frame to the size of the title device in use, place the lettering on top and the result is a pictorial title of the scene following it taken by the movie camera. In addition to the Kamra a small Kamra projector will soon be available for the showing of Kamra-made pictures in the home, enlarged on the screen from about eleven by fourteen inches to nine by twelve feet, the latter size at a distance of approximately sixteen feet. Change ["OTICE is received by this department that the Automatic Movie Display Corporation has changed its name to the Big 4 Film Corporation.